Automatic reminder



Nov. 1, 1932. LASSlTER 7 1,885,270

AUTOMATIC REMINDER Original Filed April '17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ina-.11.

INVENTOR. assz'll z" Nov. '1, 1932. L. Y. LASSITER 1,385,270

AUTOMATIC REMINDER Original Filed April 1'7, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet I5 Nov. 1, 1932. Y. LASSITER 1 5,

AUTOMATIC REMINDER Or'i'gina1 Filed April 17, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 \TEf-E IN V EN TOR.

H Patented Nov. 1, 1 932 PATENT OFFICE iflfnEoN LAss'I'rER, or 'J JULSAQOKLA HOMA AUTOMATIC REMINDER Original application" filed 411111111926, s m No. 102,756. Divided and this application filed A rne, 1928; W 3 Serial No.268,694. i

i This application is a division of my applil cation for patent? for autom'atic reminders, filed'April 17, 1926,SerialNo. 102,756, which has issuedfas Patent No. 59,409, of M'ay 20,

-- 1 Thisinvention.comprehends the provision of a machine adapted lto receive notations of matters about which the user desires to be reminded of in' the future, and, designed to o [no perform this duty'at the'exact' desired time.

1'. In carryihg out the invention, 1 contemplate" the useof means having; significance with reg ard tojdiiferent, periods .of time, and

adaptedto have recordedthereomwith refer- '1 15 enceto some-predetermined time inthefuture the matter-concerning which the user desires tobe reminded, so thatjwhenjsaid predeter minediperiod arrives,v the matter will be li ojmachinei 3 Another objectof the invent-ion resides in the provision of an automatically I f tenab e signal utilized to 'dir'ectthe attention ofthe person to the machineatthe eXact tune thatis'desired to be reminded of the matter previously recorded on the machine.

I Another. object oftheinvention resides in reference to particular period or periods,

and time controlledniechanism to dperate said means with a predetermined speed, so that i said; subject-matter; will be, brought to view on.:the-machine:.at the exact time desired. a j .Z Another-objectof the invention residesin mountinggthe machinerfor rotation upon a suitable base, so that-the machine can be arranged toconveniently record the subject'- matter concerning whichthe user desires to be reminded in theffuture r 1 ;.Other objects and advantages will appear a from the following detailudes'cription when v-J taken-lin connectionwith the accompanying 1245c drawings, the invention-residing in the con- T Brougham view at some part of the struction, combination and. arrangement of parts as claimed. a f In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate slmilar parts in the several views and wherein; i r y Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine'constructedin accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View therethrough.

Figure 3 is a sectional view takenon line 3-3 of Figure 2. in

Figure 4 is a sectional plan view on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section online 5j5 of Figure 4. t

@Figure 6 isa Figure 2. t

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-.-7 of Figure 6. 1 7

section o nline 6 6 of Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of a gear disk. y t

@Figure 9 is aperspectiveview of'a gear element. i .Figure 10 is a section Figure2. Figure 11 is a plan view of-themotor and associated gears.

Figure 12 is a section on line l2 12 of Figure '2. A machine constructed in accordance with myinventionmay. be designed to remind one of things in the future by minutes, hours, days, weeks,months and years, separately or all combined. in one machine.- In theembodiment of theqinvention as herein disclosed, it is possible to be reminded of things thought of a day before, and from that period down to a fraction of an hour. I The casing or cabinet of-"the" machine "is indicated at 76, and has arranged therein a frame-like structure indicated generally at A and which supports the mechanism to be hereinafter describedi This frame-like on line of structure is mounted on a stationary base 77 a 511.. a I 71,885,270

, grefen' 'ythreein timber and indicated at ti on and kept for future records if so desmy BfljpdElmespagtiieb. These members 79 is suppolted bythe nary end rel afiun and all ofa hdlow tubularshizftw in w kimp. a similar. shaft for'the v 9,Ktg\ v m'vidi bracket'arm 84 igngrqizg mg l W' 1.42;. if g. R r l .7 efl""'feonse cuf $b or 1J5 wer gndo will .re'adily -.'mg1hmi!gs0cketintheframe A. robin I r v one bnltr 'shafiBQ tumsin'i-baring 93W h m hw ww cussing} benatfira'ibmcwm fiame s mx'cture A, which minke F th Y turnedby'hand without interfering witht-he I is carried out withregard to the disk 81, in fthat' thisdisk is moved one-twelfth of arctation with each complete rotation of the disk 80. For this purpose Iemploy a flange 113 (Figs. 2 and car'ried by the lower end of the 'shaft 90, and provided with a slot 114 and two teeth 115.. These teeth engagea 116 easement two teeth. The gear116 teeth which of course is one-twelfth of a rotation of the disk 81. By reason of this construction andarrangement' of parts it is obvieus' thateach disk, from the outermost to theinnermost disk-trips the next adjacent .disk'at the completion of each rotation thereof, "so that the year, month and day "sections carriedby the various disks having the notation'srecor'ded thereon of the matter to be reminded of in the-future,'are simultaneous- 1y brought to positions beneath the sight compartment at the. proper time.

For .instance, the outmbstdisk"? 9 makes one complete rotation every twenty-four hours, and

then trips or rotates the disk thedistance fof one section. The disk 80 in turn makes only. one'rotatio'n in every thirty-one days, but at the completionofthis rotation the said disk 80'by the mechanism above-described, rotates the disk 81 thedistance of one section, the latter mentioneddisk making one complete rotation every twelve months.

Ashereinabove stated, it is possible to rotatei the disk 79by'handat the end of any particular month havingless than thirty-one.

days, so that the machine canbeproperly reset. In order tofaccomplish' this purpose, I

i employ afle'ver 118 which is provided with an eccentric-like cam 119 arranged to compress thefgear 97 to turn freely'between the plates 98and 99 respectively. In other words, this operationentirely releases the shaft assembly fro rn the motor 101, so thatthe disk 7 9 can be other disks for the purpose specified.

It will be noted that the'bracket arm 84 is pivotally mounted at its outer end to the upper end of an upright 152 of the frame A, so "that said bracket arm'ma'y be swung to move its bearing 92 into and out of engagement with the upper end of the shaft 91, in which position. of the arm its transparent panels fare? disposed to permit inspection there- ","throu'gh of the indicating disks. It will be a noted that the shafts 89, and91 are mountiedl intheihorizontal arm 94 0f the frame A, S0 thatfon swinging the bracket arm 84 outvvzirdly and-releasing members 95, 107, 112,

113 and 117 from the shafts 89, 90 and 91,

said shafts 89, 90 and 91 and the indicating disk carried thereby may. be removed as a unit by withdrawing themupwardly through their bearing on arm 94, said bearing on arm 94, thebearing for the lower. end of the shaft 91, and the bearing 92 for the upper end of said shaft 91, serving to stably-support the shafts and indicating disks when inworking position while allowing of their ready and convenient removal when required.

The motor 101 is preferably of the spring operated type, and is automatically rewound at predetermined periods. For this purpos I employ an electric motor 120 having a small gear 121 which meshes with a large gear 122 carriedby the shaft of the motor 101. The

electric motor 120 is. normally idle and is called into use only for the purpose of rewinding the motor 101 when the occasion requires. The motor 120 is of course arranged in a normally open circuit includinga switch which is automatically operated to make and break the circuit at predetermined periods. This switch includes a fixed contact 123 electricallyconnectml with the motor. 120, and a tact spaced above the fixed contact 123. The

bar 126 has its lower endfofi'set as at 127, and this. bar forms part ofmeans for automatically controlling the operation of the switch. A shaft 128 is formed with a spiral multiple groove 129,and supports at opposite ends gears 130 and 131 respectively; Each of the gears is associated with the shaft by means of a ratchet-132 in a manner whereby thesaid gears are singly employed to'rotate the gear 128 in the same direction. The gear 130 meshes with the gear "of the motor 101 and when rotated thereby, turns the-shaft 128 in one direction. During this operation of the shaft 128 the other gear 131idles over the ratchet. mechanism, *beingrotated by means of a small gear 133 carried by the lower end of the shaft of the motor 101, and directlyabove the gear 122 carried by the same shaft. An arm 134 is mounted to slide upon a suitable guide 135, the arm being arranged at a right angle to the shaft 128, and

equipped with a roller 136 which moves in the groove 129 of said shaft. This arm carries a cross head 137 which operates between ular directionthe arm 134 isgraduallymoved v. I

downwardly in'the direction of the offset/exsight compartment 8 so that the signal is is of course to be understood that the plungers r162 engage the gear 161 turning the lat- V tear to both open and closethe circuit to the signal, after allowingthe signal to operate areasonable length of time, which as above stated is regulated or determined by the "length of the cam-like surfaces 159 on the ia ratchet wheel. The gear 161 lies in a direct path of all of the plungers 162, so that if any oneof. the plungers is moved downward- 1y to an active position, it engages and op- Jerates the gear to close the circuit to the signal:

While the plungers are manually pushed downwardly." to their active positions, I con- Itemplate means for'automatically returning the plungers to'their normal positions after they have served their purpose. To this end ;I employ a roller 167 which is arranged in the path of the plungers 162, so that after each plunger has turned the gear and moved away therefrom, it passes over the roller 16'? and is forced upwardly to its normal position. As above stated, the tension spring 167, with which each plunger is equipped, holds the plunger in either of its two positions. It is to be also borne in mind that the gear is arranged directly beneath the operated'when the particular plunger being usedreaches a position directly under the sight compartment.

While itis believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages,

, of the invention will be readily apparent, I

desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to anything herein shown and described, and that such changes in the con struction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed; 7

, Having thus fully described my invention,

, I claim -1. In a machine of the'character described, a base, a frame rotatably mounted on the base, a plurality of concentric shafts journ'aled on the frame, a plurality of disk-like indicating members arranged in concentric relation and lying in the same plane, said disks being mounted on said shafts and the upper surface of each disk being divided "into sections indicative of different periods of time and having spaces to receive inscribed data pertinent thereto, and timecontrolled mechanism carried by the'frame and in gear with said shafts for rotating one of said disks constantly at a predetermined speed and others of said disks intermittently and at predetermined speeds, whereby certain corresponding sections of the respective disks are adapted to be simultaneously brought into registering relation for inspection at a predetermined time. 7 I '2. In a machine of the character described,

designated by a particular period of time and having spaces for the inscription of data pertinent thereto, means carried by the frame for rotating said shafts, and an arm hinged to the frame at one end and having a hearing at'its free end engaging the upper end of one of said shafts, said arm being provided between said bearing and its hinged end with transparent panels through which the disks may be viewed.

3. In a machine of the character described, a base, a frame rotatably mounted on the base and having a bottom portion, an upright rising from the bottom portion and a horizontal arm extending above and parallel with the bottom portion, said bottom portion and arm being provided with alined bearings, a plurality of concentric shafts journaled in said bearings and extending upwardly through and above the horizontal arm, a plurality of disk-like indicating members mounted on said shafts in concentric relation and each divided into a plurality of sections designated by a particular period of time and having spaces for the inscription therein of data pertaining thereto, gearing mounted on the frame for driving the shafts and disks, one constantly at a predetermined speed and the others intermittently and at predetermined speed, and a LEON Y. LASSITER. 

